International 2 million applicants for 750K places: Nigeria’s bid to tackle its capacity issue | Nigeria has a higher education crisis. Between 2010 and 2015, only 26 per cent of the 10 million applicants to Nigerian tertiary institutions gained admission. Put simply, demand isn’t just higher than supply – itContinue Reading
International Meeting basic needs – A first step to student success | While research shows that funded students have a better success rate because their basic needs are more likely to be met, they still need a range of other support mechanisms and structures to ensure they achieve their potentialContinue Reading
International Here’s what college costs in 28 countries around the world | A late 2017 study by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) looking at higher education costs throughout the world found that the US has the highest average tuition costs of the 35 OECD member countries. SocialContinue Reading
International Educating in times of crisis: tools for innovating in higher education | According to data from the Quality of Life Survey 2017, conducted by Universidad Central de Venezuela, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello and Universidad Simón Bolívar, in 2017, 60% of university students abandon their studies to go to workContinue Reading
International Tuition fees ‘not the answer’ for Argentina as budgets squeezed | The head of Argentina’s largest university has rejected calls for the introduction of tuition fees in the country, even as an economic crisis puts campus budgets under severe pressure. The transformative power of ‘rupture’ in higher education |Continue Reading
